The effect of legal culture and proof in decisions to prosecute

Abstract

This article identifies a range of ideal-type models of prosecutorial fact-finding that may be discovered across a range of different countries and examines how these contribute to various cognitive errors and biases. It concludes by considering various means of minimizing the risk of error and bias. Keywords: ideal-type models of prosecutorial fact-finding; effect of legal culture on fact-finding; cognitive errors and biases.